WTF jackson is this

[hicksra7374]

I was told it was a sl3mg serial number on last fret is 100334

 

[Bearitone]

If a google search doesn't immediately pull it up I wouldn't trust it

EDIT: did a google search. found this
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/jackson-sl3mg-soloist-electric-guitar-with-floyd-rose

 

[vick1000]

Everything looks like a Soloist except that scarf joint.

 

[hicksra7374]

Thats whats throwing me off

 

[Konfyouzd]

Is it an SL4? One of those old Korean ones?

Edit: Oops... Says Japan

SLAT3-6

 

[feraledge]

Is it an SL4? One of those old Korean ones?

Edit: Oops... Says Japan

SLAT3-6

SLAT is arch top, this is a SL3MG.
Stock photo:

 

[MaxOfMetal]

SLAT is arch top, this is a SL3MG.
Stock photo:

I thought the SL3MGs didn't have binding? Did they have scarf joints?

I had a black one some time ago and I'm 99% sure it didn't have binding.

 

[feraledge]

I thought the SL3MGs didn't have binding? Did they have scarf joints?

I had a black one some time ago and I'm 99% sure it didn't have binding.

Maybe it's just how I'm seeing it, but that doesn't look like binding to me. Almost like a slightly sloppy work on the veneer on the right hand side? I could be totally wrong about that.
Not sure what to say about the scarf joint, but SL3MGs did have the battery cavity, neither the SL4 nor SLX have that. I came to SL3MG through process of elimination, so I definitely stand to be wrong.

Edit: I'm not sure the scarf joint is out of line at all. SL2Hs have them, both DK1s and DK2Ms that I've owned had them, I can't find a good shot of the back of an SL3MG, but stands to reason that it wouldn't be out of line for this model.

 

[MaxOfMetal]

Maybe it's just how I'm seeing it, but that doesn't look like binding to me.

Are we looking at the same pics?

 

[feraledge]

Are we looking at the same pics?

Derp, I stand corrected. I went straight to body binding for some reason. Dumb.
I wouldn't rule out the possibility of a shop run SL3MG. Would be a strange guitar to fake.

 

[Konfyouzd]

Can't be an SL2H. They're passive stock so there'd be no battery. I googled images of the SL3MG and it looks like *some* of them have binding. My SLAT3-7 doesn't have binding but some of them do. Perhaps it's a similar situation with the SL3MG...?

 

[lemeker]

Can't be an SL2H. They're passive stock so there'd be no battery. I googled images of the SL3MG and it looks like *some* of them have binding. My SLAT3-7 doesn't have binding but some of them do. Perhaps it's a similar situation with the SL3MG...?

i've seen some sl2h's that have active's, it's possible they were switched out for passives.

either way, it would look nice added to someones collection.

 

[feraledge]

Can't be an SL2H. They're passive stock so there'd be no battery. I googled images of the SL3MG and it looks like *some* of them have binding. My SLAT3-7 doesn't have binding but some of them do. Perhaps it's a similar situation with the SL3MG...?

Definitely not an SL2H, I was just bringing it up because SL2Hs have scarf joints and MIJ Dinkys at the same time as the SL3MG had scarf joints, so it wasn't improbable that the SL3MG has a scarf joint.

 

[eaeolian]

Can't be an SL2H. They're passive stock so there'd be no battery. I googled images of the SL3MG and it looks like *some* of them have binding. My SLAT3-7 doesn't have binding but some of them do. Perhaps it's a similar situation with the SL3MG...?

Yes. They added the binding for the last two years.